196 BIEDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 
191. PYCNONOTUS PLUMOSUS. 
THE LARGE OLIVE BULBUL. 
Pycnonotus plumosus, Bl. J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 567 ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 198 ; 
Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. Mus. vi. p. 152. Brachypus plumosus, Tweedd. Ibis, 
1877, p. 307. Ixus plumosus, Hume Sr Dav. S. F. vi. p. 309 ; Humej S. F. 
viii. p. 98. 
Description. — Male and female. Chin and throat dull white ; upper 
plumage olive-brown, darker on the head, the feathers edged with olive- 
green ; cheeks and ear-coverts brown, the shafts whitish ; lower plumage 
earthy brown, darker on the sides of the breast and flanks and tinged 
throughout with yellow ; under tail-coverts buff ; quills and coverts brown, 
the outer webs broadly edged with rather bright olive-green ; tail brown, 
the outer webs of the feathers suffused with olive-green ; under wing- 
coverts and edge of wing bufl*. 
Legs and feet reddish brown, darker in some, paler in others ; bill almost 
black ; irides varying from burnt-sienna brown to dark cinnabar-red. 
{Davison.) 
Length 7'S inches, tail 3*3, wing 3*5, tarsus '85, bill from gape '85. 
The female is of about the same size. 
The Large Olive Bulbul inhabits the southern portion of Tenasserim as 
far north as Pabyin, which is a village close to Mergui. Mr. Davison states 
that it is not a common bird. 
It extends down the Malay peninsula and is found in Sumatra and 
Borneo. Dr. Tiraud states that it is common in Cochin China. 
According to Mr. Davison this Bulbul keeps chiefly to the forests, and 
it does not appear ever to descend to the ground. 
192. PYCNONOTUS SIMPLEX. 
MOORE^S OLIVE BULBUL. 
Pycnonotus simplex, Less. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 167 ; Shai'pe, Cat. Birds B. Mus. vi. 
p. 153, pi. ix. Pycnonotus brunneus, Bl. J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 568. Pycno- 
notus modestus, Bl. J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 668. Microtarsus olivaceus, Moore, 
in Horsf. 8f Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. i. p. 249. Ixus brunneus, Hume, S. 
F. iii. p. 322 ; Hume 8r Bav. S. F. vi. p. 312 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 98. 
Description. — Male and female. Head and whole upper plumage uniform 
olive-brown ; tail rufescent olive-brown ; whole lower surface earthy brown 
sufi'used with yellow, paler on the chin and throat and darker on the flanks . 
